Charcoal cooking grill

ABSTRACT

A charcoal cooking grill comprising an elongated trough for receiving charcoal and having a grill fitted over its top. Connected to the trough is a single set of legs, each having an inclined, generally vertical portion and a horizontally extending dogleg portion which rests on a supporting surface. With this arrangement, the grill may be fitted into the opening in a home fireplace without removing a grate from the hearth, the dogleg portions of the legs fitting under the grate. Furthermore, a pair of such grills may be fitted within the hearth in tandem without removing the grill.

United States Patent 1 3,630,188

v[72] lnventor Hugh Ross 1 2,604,884 7/1952 Walker 126/25 A UX 820 CampHome Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 3,359,887 12/1967 Cleveland 126/25 A X 152373,391,685 7/1968 Lemmons et a1. 126/25 A X 1970 Primary Examiner-CharlesJ. Myhre At! B ,M ,Fl k P kh 4s Patented Dec. 28, 1971 am [54] CHARCOALCOOKING GRILL 1 Claim, 2 Drawing Figs.

[52] [LS-Cl 126/2511, ABSTRACT: A Charcoal cooking grill comprising anelem 126/137 gated trough for receiving charcoal and having a grillfitted [51] lnt.Cl ..A47 37/00, over its top Connected to the trough isa single Set of legs F24!) 3/00 each having an inclined, generallyvertical portion and a [50] Field of Search 126/9, 25, horizontallyeWinding dogleg portion which rests on a 25 137 porting surface. Withthis arrangement, the grill may be fitted into the opening in a homefireplace without removing a grate [56] References Cited from thehearth, the do le ortions of the 1e 5 fittin under 2 g P g 8 UNITEDSTATES PATENTS the grate. Furthermore, a pair of such grills may befitted 2,164,835 7/1939 Pearson et a1. 126/25 within the hearth intandem without removing the grill.

' PATENTED B6828 197i INVENTOR.

HUGH ROSS ATTORNEYS CHARCOAL cooxmc GRILL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMany types of charcoal grills have been developed in the past, howevermost of these are of rather flimsy design and are intended for outdooruse only. In certain cases, particularly during the winter months, it isdesired to charcoal cook food in an indoor fireplace. Most charcoalcooking apparatus presently available will not fit into a fireplaceopening; and even if it will, it becomes necessary to remove a gratefrom the fireplace hearth before the cooking apparatus can be installedin place. Needless to say, this is a nuisance and discourages the use ofgrills in an indoor fireplace.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, acooking grill is provided comprising an elongated trough of relativelynarrow depth and short enough to fit into a fireplace opening. Thetrough receives charcoal and is provided with a slidable, removablegrill which fits over its top. Secured to one side of the trough is asingle set of legs, each having an inclined, generally vertical portionand a horizontally extending dogleg portion which rests on a supportingsurface. The horizontally extending dogleg portions can, therefore, befitted underneath the fireplace grate without removing the grate itself.Furthermore, since the grill occupies only the front portion of thefireplace opening, the fire within the gate need not be extinguishedwhen the grill is positioned within the fireplace opening, it beingnecessary only to push the burning embers to the back of the grate.

Further, in accordance with the invention, two grills can be arranged intandem, one behind the other. That is, the horizontally extending doglegportions of the legs of one grill can fit under the grate from the backthereof; while the dogleg portions of the other grill can fit under thefront portion of the grate.

The grill is such that it can be used either in a fireplace or removedfrom the fireplace and used outside. Thus, the grill of the typedisclosed herein can be used both during the wintertime and in thesummer. It is constructed from heavy gauge steel such that it willwithstand repeated use over a number of years and has no parts which canbecome easily damaged such as wooden handles, aluminum tubing or thelike.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will becomeapparent from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specificationand in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the cooking grill of the invention; and

FIG. 2 is a side view of the grill showing the manner in which it can befitted into a fireplace opening without removing a grate andadditionally showing the manner in which two of such grills can bearranged in tandem.

With reference now to the drawings, the grill shown includes a troughpreferably formed from 16 gauge steel sheet and having a bottom or floor12 bounded by inclined sidewalls l4 and 16. At opposite ends of thetrough 10 are endplates l8 and welded to the sides 16 and 14 alonginclined vertical edges. The bottoms of the plates 18 and 20, however,are not welded to the bottom 12 of the trough. This provides slitsthrough which water may escape in the event the grill is used outsideand accumulates rain water or the like.

The upper edges of the sidewalls 14 and 16 are bent inwardly as at 22(FIG. 2) to give the trough additional strength.

Fitted over the top of the trough 10, which is adapted to receivecharcoal, is a chrome-plated grill assembly 24 comprising a plurality ofU-shaped members 26 (FIG. 2) which extend across the top of the troughand are interconnected by means of wires 28. With this arrangement, thegrill assembly 24 may slide back and forth along the trough 10. This isadvantageous in that charcoal may be piled at one position along thetrough and the meat or other article to be cooked placed on the grillover the pile of charcoal If the charcoal becomes too hot and there ISdanger of burning the food, the grill assembly 24 may be caused to slideto the left or right, thereby removing the food from its position overthe charcoal. When it is again desired to initiate cooking of the food,the grill assembly may be moved back to a position where the food isover the charcoal without requiring movement of the food on the grillassembly by means ofa fork or the like.

Secured to the forward sidewalls 16 of the trough 10 by means of boltsor rivets 30 are two legs 32 and 34 each comprising a generally inclinedvertical portion 36 and a horizontally extending dogleg portion 38 whichrests on a supporting surface, this surface comprising a fireplacehearth 39 in FIG. 2.

In this manner, and as best shown in FIG. 2, the dogleg portions 38 maybe fitted underneath a fireplace grate 40 without removing the gratefrom the fireplace opening. Furthermore, and as shown by the dottedoutline in FIG. 2, a second grill 4] may be positioned behind the firstwith its dogleg portions 38 beneath the back portion of the grate 40.

After the food has been cooked on the grill assembly, it may be removedfrom trough 10, the legs 32 and 34 grasped, and the ashes dumped intothe grate 40. At the same time, the grill may be removed from thefireplace opening and used outside. If this is the case, the grill canbe stored in the fireplace opening during the summer months or when notin use such that it does not occupy space in a garage or the like.

Although the invention has been shown in connection with a certainspecific embodiment, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in theart that various changes in form and arrangement of parts may be made tosuit requirements without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cooking grill comprising an elongated trough for receiving materialcapable of generating heat and provided with a generally horizontalbottom and integral sloped side walls extending along the length of thetrough, end plates secured only to said sidewalls to provide slitsbetween the bottoms of the sidewalls and said bottom through which watercan drain, a pair of legs secured to said trough for supporting it abovea supporting surface, each of said legs having a downwardly dependingportion which slopes away from the trough and a horizontally extendingintegral dogleg portion which rests on said supporting surface, both ofsaid dogleg portions extending in the same direction whereby the legsmay rest on a fireplace hearth with the trough being positioned above agrate within the fireplace, and a grill structure fitted over the top ofsaid trough for supporting food to be cooked, said grill structurecomprising a plurality of inverted U-shaped cross members which fit overthe top of said trough and are secured together by means of elongatedwires whereby the grill may slide back and forth across the top of thetrough.

1. A cooking grill comprising an elongated trough for receiving materialcapable of generating heat and provided with a generally horizontalbottom and integral sloped side walls extending along the length of thetrough, end plates secured only to said sidewalls to provide slitsbetween the bottoms of the sidewalls and said bottom through which watercan drain, a pair of legs secured to said trough for supporting it abovea supporting surface, each of said legs having a downwardly dependingportion which slopes away from the trough and a horizontally extendingintegral dogleg portion which rests on said supporting surface, both ofsaid dogleg portions extending in the same direction whereby the legsmay rest on a fireplace hearth with the trough being positioned above agrate within the fireplace, and a grill structure fitted over the top ofsaid trough for supporting food to be cooked, said grill structurecomprising a plurality of inverted U-shaped cross members which fit overthe top of said trough and are secured together by means of elongateDwires whereby the grill may slide back and forth across the top of thetrough.